page_title: St. Leonard's Crypt
hierarchical_section_title: St. Leonard's Crypt
caption_attribution_description: English: Plan of the basement of the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, with annotations: A– Entrance hall to St Leonard's Crypt; B– St Leonard's Crypt: B1– altar of St Leonard, B2– tomb of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, B3– tomb of Marie Casimire d'Arquien (wife of John III), B4– tomb of John III Sobieski, B5– tomb of Władysław Sikorski, B6– tomb of Tadeusz Kościuszko, B7– tomb of Józef Poniatowski; C– Stephen Báthory's Crypt: C1– tomb of Stephen Báthory; D– Władysław IV Vasa's Crypt: D1– tomb of Maria Anna Isabella Vasa (daughter of Władysław IV), D2– tomb of Cecilia Renata of Austria (wife of Władysław IV), D3– tomb of Władysław IV Vasa, D4– tomb of Sigismund Casimir Vasa (son of Władysław IV); E– South Ambulatory Crypt: E1– tomb of Anna Jagiellon (daughter of Sigismund I), E2– tomb of Stanisław I Leszczyński, E3– tomb of Alexander Charles Vasa (son of Sigismund III), E4– tomb of Anna Maria Vasa (daughter of Sigismund III), E5– tomb of Augustus II the Strong, E6– tomb of Barbara Zápolya (wife of Sigismund I), E7– tomb of Anne of Austria (wife of Sigismund III), E8– tomb of Sigismund II Augustus; F– Sigismund I the Old's Crypt beneath the Sigismund Chapel: F1– tomb of Sigismund I the Old; G– Crypt under the Vasa Chapel: G1– tomb of John II Casimir, G2– tomb of Constance of Austria (wife of Sigismund III), G3– tomb of Cardinal John Albert Vasa (son of Sigismund III), G4– tomb of Sigismund III, G5– tomb of Marie Louise Gonzaga (wife of Władysław IV and John II Casimir), G6– tomb of John Sigismund (son of John II Casimir); H– Józef Piłsudski's Crypt: H1– tomb of Józef Piłsudski; I– Vestibule to Józef Piłsudski's Crypt: I1– urn with soil from Katyn, I2– tomb of Lech Kaczyński and Maria Kaczyńska; J– Crypt of National Poets: J1– urn with soil from the grave of Cyprian Norwid, J2– tomb of Adam Mickiewicz, J3 - crypt altar, J4– tomb of Juliusz Słowacki, J5– urn with soil from the grave of Juliusz Słowacki's mother; K– Crypt of the Archbishops of Kraków; L– Entrance to Royal Tombs from the Czartoryski Chapel; M– Entrance to Silver Bell Tower.
context_page_description: St. Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland, is a Romanesque crypt founded in the 11th century by Casimir I the Restorer who made Kraków his royal residence as the capital.
  At the end of the 11th century construction work began on the cathedral called ‘Hermanowska’. It is probable that Władysław I Herman was its benefactor. The cathedral was consecrated in 1142. More is known about this new structure because its image is featured on a chapter house seal from the 13th century and its present-day remnants are well preserved – including the lower part of the Silver Bell Tower.
  The entire St. Leonard's Crypt is supported by eight columns. In 1118 bishop Maurus was buried there. The paten and the chalice were later exhumed from the tomb. This period also gave rise to the Rotunda by the Bastion of Ladislaus IV of Hungary from the 12th century, which could have been a baptistery for the royalty, the Church near the Dragon's Den, and the Rotunda by the Sandomierska Tower – probably from the second half of the 11th century.
  The crypt holds the tombs of Polish kings and heroes such as:
  Michael I - King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
context_section_description: St. Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland, is a Romanesque crypt founded in the 11th century (around 1038–1039) by Casimir I the Restorer who made Kraków his royal residence as the capital.
  At the end of the 11th century construction work began on the cathedral called ‘Hermanowska’. It is probable that Władysław I Herman was its benefactor. The cathedral was consecrated in 1142. More is known about this new structure because its image is featured on a chapter house seal from the 13th century and its present-day remnants are well preserved – including the lower part of the Silver Bell Tower.
  The entire St. Leonard's Crypt is supported by eight columns. In 1118 bishop Maurus was buried there. The paten and the chalice were later exhumed from the tomb. This period also gave rise to the Rotunda by the Bastion of Ladislaus IV of Hungary from the 12th century, which could have been a baptistery for the royalty, the Church near the Dragon's Den, and the Rotunda by the Sandomierska Tower – probably from the second half of the 11th century.
  The crypt holds the tombs of Polish kings and heroes such as: 
  Michael I - King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  John III Sobieski - also King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Commander at the Battle of Vienna
  Marie Casimire - Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and consort of John III Sobieski
  Józef Poniatowski - Prince of Poland and Marshal of France
  Tadeusz Kościuszko - Polish general, revolutionary and a Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War
  Władysław Sikorski - Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces
  Pope John Paul II said his first Mass on the altar in St. Leonard's Crypt on November 2, 1946, one day after his priestly ordination.
caption: Location of St. Leonard's Crypt (B) under the Wawel Cathedral
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